Abstract: Adsorbent particles each containing: a carrier particle containing an organic polymer containing a monomer unit derived from a styrene-based monomer; a hydrophilic organic compound adhered to a surface of the carrier particle; and a diglycolic acid residue bonded to the hydrophilic organic compound. When a BET specific surface of the adsorbent particles as determined by adsorption of nitrogen gas is X0 and a BET specific surface area of the adsorbent particles as determined by adsorption of water vapor is X1, X1/X0 is 0.10 to 1.0.

Abstract: Adsorbent particles including: porous carrier particles containing an organic polymer; polyethylenimine attached to a surface of the porous carrier particles; and a diglycolic acid residue bonded to an amino group of the polyethylenimine. A most frequent pore size of the porous carrier particles exceeds 10 nm.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a carrier core material that is formed of ferrite particles in which 48 to 52 mass % of Fe, 16 to 22 mass % of Mn, 1.0 to 3.5 mass % of Mg and 0.05 to 0.5 mass % of Ca are included, and when an electrical resistance value with an applied voltage of 500 V in an environment (in an L/L environment) in which the temperature is 10° C. and the relative humidity is 35% is RL (?·cm), and an electrical resistance value with an applied voltage of 500 V in an environment (in an H/H environment) in which the temperature is 30° C. and the relative humidity is 70% is RH (?·cm), formula (1) below is satisfied. 0.1?(log RL?log RH)?0.

Abstract: Adsorbent particles each containing: a carrier particle containing an organic polymer containing a monomer unit derived from a styrene-based monomer; a hydrophilic organic compound adhered to a surface of the carrier particle; and a diglycolic acid residue bonded to the hydrophilic organic compound. When a BET specific surface of the adsorbent particles as determined by adsorption of nitrogen gas is X0 and a BET specific surface area of the adsorbent particles as determined by adsorption of water vapor is X1, X1/X0 is 0.10 to 1.0.

Abstract: Disclosed are adsorbent particles each containing: a carrier particle containing an organic polymer; an amino group-containing polymer adhered to a surface of the carrier particle and including a constituent unit having an amino group; and a diglycolic acid residue bonded to the amino group of the amino group-containing polymer.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a carrier core material that is formed of ferrite particles in which 48 to 52 mass % of Fe, 16 to 22 mass % of Mn, 1.0 to 3.5 mass % of Mg and 0.05 to 0.5 mass % of Ca are included, and when an electrical resistance value with an applied voltage of 500 V in an environment (in an L/L environment) in which the temperature is 10° C. and the relative humidity is 35% is RL (?·cm), and an electrical resistance value with an applied voltage of 500 V in an environment (in an H/H environment) in which the temperature is 30° C. and the relative humidity is 70% is RH (?·cm), formula (1) below is satisfied. 0.1?(log RL?log RH)?0.

Abstract: A polyketone composition includes: (A) a polyketone having, in a main chain, a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I); and (B) an epoxy compound. In Formula (I), X represents a bivalent group that has from 1 to 50 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, Y represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group that has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 1500.

Abstract: A polyketone composition contains: a polyketone containing a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I), and inorganic particles; in which a content of the inorganic particle is from 10 parts by mass to 70 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polyketone and the inorganic particles, and an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is from 10 nm to 200 nm.

Abstract: A polymer includes: a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I-1) and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I-2). In Formulae (I-1) and (I-2), X and X? each independently represent a divalent group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms and containing an aromatic ring; Y represents a divalent group having 5 to 50 carbon atoms, the divalent group including an alicyclic ring and alkylene groups, and the alkylene groups each having 1 to 10 carbon atoms connecting carbon atoms included in carbonyl groups adjacent to Y with the alicyclic ring; Y? represents a divalent group having 3 to 50 carbon atoms and containing an alicyclic ring directly bonded to carbon atoms included in carbonyl groups adjacent to Y?; and m and n each represent an integer from 3 to 1,000.

Abstract: A polyketone composition includes: (A) a polyketone having, in a main chain, a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I); and (B) an epoxy compound. In Formula (I), X represents a bivalent group that has from 1 to 50 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, Y represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group that has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 1500.

Abstract: A storage system capable of realizing off-load data copy among storage subsystems constituting an HA pair configuration is provided. Therefore, in an HA pair configuration where a first volume of a first storage subsystem and a second volume of a second storage subsystem respectively respond a same virtual ID to the host, when the first or the second storage subsystem receives an instruction of off-load data copy specifying a virtual ID as the copy destination from the host computer, either a first volume or a second volume is selected as a copy source volume according to a position of a copy destination volume, and data is copied from the selected copy source volume to the copy destination volume.

Abstract: A storage system according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention is composed of at least a first storage subsystem and a second storage subsystem. Write data from a host computer is duplicated to a first volume of the first storage subsystem and a second volume of the second storage subsystem, and the host computer is composed to be able to access both the first volume and the second volume. Attribute information which is information related to an order of write and/or write capability is set for each volume, and when an access command to the volume is received from the host computer, the storage subsystem determines whether I/O to the first volume and/or the second volume is required or not based on the attribute set for each volume.

Abstract: A carrier core material is represented by a composition formula MxFe3-xO4 (where M is Mn and/or Mg, and X is a total of Mn and Mg and is a substitution number of Fe by Mn and Mg, 0<X?1), in which 5 to 20 number percent of bound particles where 2 to 5 spherical particles are bound together are contained and in which the maximum peak-to-trough depth Rz of the surface of normal spherical particles other than the bound particles is equal to or more than 1.5 ?m but equal to or less than 2.1 ?m. In this way, it is possible to increase the amount of toner supplied to a development region, and the surface of a photosensitive member is prevented from being scratched by a magnetic brush.

Abstract: A carrier core material is represented by a composition formula MxFe3-xO4 (where M is Mn and/or Mg, and X is a total of Mn and Mg and is a substitution number of Fe by Mn and Mg, 0<X?1), in which 5 to 20 number percent of bound particles in which 2 to 5 spherical particles are bound together are contained, and in which the absolute value of a difference between lattice constants before and after milling which are calculated from a peak position of plane indices in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern is equal to or less than 0.005. In this way, it is possible to increase the amount of toner supplied to a development region, and even when cracking or chipping occurs in the carrier core material, an image failure such as black spots or white spots is prevented from being generated.

Abstract: A carrier core material is represented by a composition formula MxFe3-xO4 (where M is Mn and/or Mg, and X is a total of Mn and Mg and is a substitution number of Fe by Mn and Mg, 0<X?1), in which 5 to 20 number percent of bound particles where 2 to 5 spherical particles are bound together are contained and in which the maximum peak-to-trough depth Rz of the surface of normal spherical particles other than the bound particles is equal to or more than 1.5 ?m but equal to or less than 2.1 ?m. In this way, it is possible to increase the amount of toner supplied to a development region, and the surface of a photosensitive member is prevented from being scratched by a magnetic brush.

Abstract: Ferrite particles have, as a main component, a material represented by a composition formula MxFe3?xO4 (where M is at least one type of metal selected from a group made of Mg, Mn, Ca, Ti, Cu, Zn, Sr and Ni, 0<x<1), where the maximum height Rz of the particles falls within a range of 1.40 ?m to 1.90 ?m, and the degree of distortion Rsk of the particles falls within a range of ?0.25 to ?0.07. In this way, when the ferrite particles are used as the carrier of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, even if an image formation speed is increased, the occurrence of a failure is reduced for a long period of time.

Abstract: A storage system capable of realizing off-load data copy among storage subsystems constituting an HA pair configuration is provided. Therefore, in an HA pair configuration where a first volume of a first storage subsystem and a second volume of a second storage subsystem respectively respond a same virtual ID to the host, when the first or the second storage subsystem receives an instruction of off-load data copy specifying a virtual ID as the copy destination from the host computer, either a first volume or a second volume is selected as a copy source volume according to a position of a copy destination volume, and data is copied from the selected copy source volume to the copy destination volume.

Abstract: A storage system according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention is composed of at least a first storage subsystem and a second storage subsystem. Write data from a host computer is duplicated to a first volume of the first storage subsystem and a second volume of the second storage subsystem, and the host computer is composed to be able to access both the first volume and the second volume. Attribute information which is information related to an order of write and/or write capability is set for each volume, and when an access command to the volume is received from the host computer, the storage subsystem determines whether I/O to the first volume and/or the second volume is required or not based on the attribute set for each volume.

Abstract: There are provided ferrite particles that have, as a main component, a material represented by a composition formula MxFe3-xO4 (where M is at least one type of metal selected from a group consisting of Mg, Mn, Ca, Ti, Cu, Zn, Sr and Ni, 0<x<1), where the maximum height Rz of the particles falls within a range of 1.40 to 1.90, and the degree of distortion Rsk of the particles falls within a range of ?0.25 to ?0.07. In this way, when the ferrite particles are used as the carrier of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, even if an image formation speed is increased, the occurrence of a failure is reduced for a long period of time.

Abstract: A job management server for managing a plurality of jobs to be executed by a virtual computer generated on a computer, a job management part to manage information on a job net which configures a plurality of jobs and allocate a plurality of jobs included in a job net to the virtual computer, and a recovery part to monitor an execution status of each of the plurality of jobs included in the job net and perform recovery processing, wherein the job management server is configured to: specify a target job for changing allocation, in a case where a failure has occurred in a first virtual computer to execute a first job included in the first job net; determine a performance of a virtual computer required to execute the target job.